The rumour mill can stand down. After weeks of raised eyebrows, hopeful whispers and that surprise Sydney Opera House cameo with Mark Hoppus, Violent Soho have confirmed what plenty suspected: they are returning to the stage for the first time in four years.
The Brisbane band will play three east coast headline dates this September, beginning at Enmore Theatre on 11 September, before heading to Forum Melbourne on 18 September and closing with a hometown show at Fortitude Music Hall on 25 September.
Support across all dates comes from Beddy Rays, with Teenage Joans opening in Sydney and Secret World joining the Melbourne bill.
“Some dudes play golf, we play in a band,” the group said in a statement. “For us, that band is Violent Soho and we missed making noise together.” It is the kind of line that fits them perfectly: dry, direct and free of theatre. They added that after more than 20 years together, they had learned not to force things, but now felt like the right time to return.
The announcement follows renewed attention around their landmark fourth album WACO, which recently marked its 10th anniversary with a new vinyl pressing. Deluxe editions include unreleased B-sides, live recordings from their now near-mythic Splendour in the Grass sets, Mansfield Tavern Christmas shows and their much-loved Like A Version take on Silversun Pickups track ‘Lazy Eye’.
Formed in Mansfield, Brisbane in 2004, Violent Soho became one of the defining Australian guitar bands of their era: loud, sharp, unpretentious and built for packed rooms. They collected ARIA awards, platinum singles and multiple No.1 albums, while songs like Covered in Chrome became fixtures of the triple j generation.
When they stepped away in 2022, it felt less like an ending than a pause with the amps still humming somewhere offstage. This September, the circuit reconnects.
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